Isaiah 5:9

For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

In Context

8Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will you⌃ dwell alone upon the land?

10For where ten yoke of oxen plow the land shall yield one , and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, until the land should enjoy its sabbaths in resting and sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years.

Proverbs 15:27A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. By alms and by faithful dealings + 15:27 Observe, this is not in the Heb. nor any such doctrine. sins are purged away; but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil.

Isaiah 6:11And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities be deserted + 6:11 Compare use of παρὰ, Jer 40.(33) 10,12; also 1 Cor 12.15,16. by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.

Isaiah 27:10The flock that lived there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.

Amos 5:11Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you⌃ have received of them choice gifts; you⌃ have built polished houses, but you⌃ shall not dwell in them; you⌃ have planted desirable vineyards, but you⌃ shall not drink the wine of them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18

Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →

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